{{Short description|Motorcycle speedway world championship season}} {{Use British English|date=February 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Motorsport season |title = Individual Speedway World Championship |link = Individual Speedway World Championship |year = 1980 }} The '''1980 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 35th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.<ref>{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|pages=20–21|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html|title=World Championship 1936-1994|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=WORLD FINALS 1936-1994|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>

With the defending Ivan Mauger failing to qualify for a World Final for the first time since 1966, and Ole Olsen only qualifying as a reserve, the 1980 World Final at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden was seen as an open final with a number of potential winners. Michael Lee, Bruce Penhall, Dave Jessup and Billy Sanders considered the favourites with Jan Andersson (the only Swedish rider in the World Final), John Davis, Hans Nielsen, Zenon Plech, Chris Morton and Peter Collins all expected to challenge.

Twenty-one-year-old English ace Lee who had only finished 7th in the Intercontinental Final at White City, won his only World Championship with 14 points from his 5 rides. Dave Jessup finished second after defeating Billy Sanders in a runoff when both riders finished on 12 points to give England a 1-2 finish in a World Final.

Michael Lee became only the fifth rider from Great Britain to win speedway's ultimate individual prize, joining Welshman Freddie Williams (1950), and fellow Englishmen Tommy Price (1949), Peter Craven (1955 & 1962) and Peter Collins (1976) as a speedway world champion.

==First round== <ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/SPEEDWAY--_--Indywidualne-mistrzostwa-%26%23346%3Bwiata-----------k1-World-Speedway-Championship-k2-.htm |title=World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/ |title=World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref>

=== British Qualification === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- !colspan=6| Preliminary Round |- |align=center| 8 April||Milton Keynes Stadium, Milton Keynes ||Mike Lanham ||Rob Hollingworth || David Kennett |- |align=center| 9 April||Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton ||Dave Perks || Dave Morton ||Paul Woods |- |align=center| 11 April||East of England Arena, Peterborough || Andy Hines || Nicky Allott || Nigel Flatman |- |align=center| 11 April||Ellesmere Port Stadium, Ellesmere Port ||Peter Prinsloo || Derek Richardson || David Gagen |- |align=center| 13 April||Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon || Melvyn Taylor || Bob Garrad || Ian Clark |- !colspan=6| Quarter-Final |- |align=center| 27 April||The Shay, Halifax ||Mike Lanham || Kevin Hawkins ||Dave Morton |}

== Second round == === Swedish qualification === *Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(4 May, Målilla (Motorbana)<br>Målilla) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | Tommy Johansson ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | Tommy Nilsson ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | Conny Samuelsson ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" | Bengt Jansson ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Gert Carlsson ||11 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Per-Ove Gudmundsson ||10+3 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | Stefan Salmonsson ||10+2 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Tommy Steen ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Kalle Lindgren ||8 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Torgil Roth ||4 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Peter Carlsson ||4 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Willy Karlsson ||3 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Leif Bergqvist (res) ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Bertil Andersson (res) ||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Glenn Andersson ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars-Ove Lundgren ||1 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" |Alf Trofast||0 |- |18 || style="text-align:left;" | Sven-Erik Andersson ||0 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(4 May, Gislaved Motorbana<br>Gislaved) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | Anders Michanek ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | Bo Wirebrand ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | Hans Danielsson ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |Lillebror Johansson ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Bengt Gustavsson ||12 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Karl-Erik Claesson ||10 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" |Thomas Hydling ||9 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" |Benny Ekberg ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" |Lennart Bengtsson ||6 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" |Åke Axelsson ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Börje Ring ||5 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Åke Fridell ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Weine Ström ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Anders Eriksson ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Thomas Engman ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Kent Bäär ||0 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(8 May, Linköping Motorstadion<br>Linköping) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | Bernt Persson ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | Richard Hellsén ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | Börje Klingberg ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |Jan Ericsson ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Rolf Sundberg ||11 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Uno Johansson ||10 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Davidsson ||10 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Ingemar Andersson ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Christer Nilsson ||6 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Sören Karlsson ||5 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |Kent Eriksson ||5 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Peter Johansson ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Anders Törnström ||4 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Ragnar Holm ||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Göran Waltersson ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Bo Åstrand ||1 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" | Leif Andersson ||0 |} {{col-end}}

=== Continental Preliminary round === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 19 April||{{flagicon|FRG}} Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut ||{{flagicon|FRG}} Egon Muller ||{{flagicon|FRG}} Waldemar Bacik ||{{flagicon|POL}} Edward Jancarz |- |align=center| 20 April||{{flagicon|POL}} Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz ||{{flagicon|CSK}} Zdeněk Kudrna ||{{flagicon|POL}} Jerzy Rembas ||{{flagicon|POL}} Marek Ziarnik |- |align=center| 20 April||{{flagicon|ITA}} Giavera del Montello, Treviso ||{{flagicon|CSK}} Milan Špinka ||{{flagicon|CSK}} Václav Verner ||{{flagicon|AUT}} Herbert Szerecz |- |align=center| 20 April||{{flagicon|CZE}} Speedway Žarnovica, Žarnovica ||{{flagicon|CSK}} Petr Ondrašík ||{{flagicon|CSK}} Jan Hadek ||{{flagicon|CSK}} Petr Kučera |}

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=== Australian Final === * 26 January 1980 * {{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney Showground, Sydney * First 9 to Australasian Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| Billy Sanders ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Phil Crump ||12+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| John Titman ||12+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| Steve Koppe ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| Mike Farrell ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| Phil Herne ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| Glyn Taylor ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left| Glenn McDonald ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |9 ||align=left| Keith Wright||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Rob Maxfield||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Peter Collins||4 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Lou Sansom||3 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|Danny Kennedy||2 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|Rob Moores ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Alan Lorymer||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Dean Van Bibra||1 |} |width=50% valign=top|

=== New Zealand Final === * 2 February 1980 * {{flagicon|NZL}} Western Springs Stadium, Auckland * First 7 to Australasian Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Heat Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| Larry Ross ||3,3,2,3,3||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| David Bargh ||3,3,3,3,2||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| Tony Briggs ||2,3,2,2,3||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| Graeme Stapleton ||3,2,3,2,1||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| Mitch Shirra ||1,3,1,3,3||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| Wayne Brown ||3,2,3,3,-||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| Mike Fullerton ||2,1,1,2,3||9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| Colin Tucker ||2,0,2,1,2||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Roger Wright ||1,2,3,1,0||7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| Max Brown ||0,2,2,1,1 ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Neil Abrahams ||2,1,0,0,2 ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Greg Joynt ||1,1,1,2,x ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| Colin Farquharson ||1,F,0,0,2 ||3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| Greame Beardsley ||0,F,1,-,- ||1 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| Paul Fewings ||F,1,F,-,-||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|James Moore ||E,0,-,-,-||0 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left| William Aulsfold ||0,0,1,1||2 |-align=center |R2 ||align=left|Roger Pauling ||0,0||0 |} |}

=== British semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *21 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} Wimborne Road, Poole *Top 8 to British final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| Peter Collins||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Gordon Kennett||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| Kevin Jolly||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| Reg Wilson||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| John Davis||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| John Louis||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| Melvyn Taylor||8 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| Mike Lanham||7 |- |9 ||align=left| Alan Grahame||7 |- |10 ||align=left| Kevin Hawkins||6 |- |11 ||align=left| Nigel Flatman||6 |- |12 ||align=left| Roger Johns||6 |- |13 ||align=left| Paul Woods||6 |- |14 ||align=left| Alan Molyneux||0 |- |15 ||align=left| Jim McMillan||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *22 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield *Top 8 to British final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| Dave Jessup||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Chris Morton||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| Dave Morton||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| Peter Prinsloo||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| Michael Lee||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| Bobby Beaton||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| Ian Cartwright||8 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| Phil Collins||8 |- |9 ||align=left| Les Collins||7 |- |10 ||align=left| Kenny Carter||7 |- |11 ||align=left| Steve Bastable||7 |- |12 ||align=left| Joe Owen||6 |- |13 ||align=left| Malcolm Simmons||6 |- |14 ||align=left| Andy Grahame||3 |- |15 ||align=left| Bobby Garrad||2 |- |16 ||align=left|Ian Clark||1 |} |}

== Third round == === Continental quarter-finals === *Top 32 to Continental semi-finals {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 3 May||{{flagicon|CSK}} Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný ||{{flagicon|USSR}} Mikhail Starostin ||{{flagicon|CSK}} Jiří Štancl ||{{flagicon|CSK}} Jan Verner |- |align=center| 4 May||{{flagicon|YUG}} Mladost Stadium, Prelog ||{{flagicon|NED}} Henny Kroeze ||{{flagicon|CSK}} Václav Verner ||{{flagicon|CSK}} Milan Špinka |- |align=center| 4 May||{{flagicon|AUT}} Stadion Wiener Neustadt ||{{flagicon|CSK}} Zdeněk Kudrna ||{{flagicon|POL}} Jerzy Rembas ||{{flagicon|POL}} Piotr Pyszny |}

=== Swedish Final === *20 May 1980 *{{flagicon|SWE}} Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping *Winner to World Final, riders 2–5 to Nordic Final {{Speedway event 20heats|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|13|SWE|Jan Andersson| |2|3|3|2|3| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|15|SWE|Richard Hellsen| |3|3|3||3| |16i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|2|SWE|Tommy Johansson| |2|3|2|3|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|8|SWE|Anders Michanek| |3|3|2|1|2| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|14|SWE|Bernt Persson| |1|2|3|2|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|9|SWE|Bengt Jansson| |1|2|1|3|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|11|SWE|Tommy Nilsson| |2|2|3|0|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|16|SWE|Borje Klingberg| |0|1|2|3|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|1|SWE|Hans Danielsson| |1|1|1|3|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|10|SWE|Rolf Sundberg| |3||1|2|0 |6i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|6|SWE|Per-Ove Gundmundsson| |2|1|0|1|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|4|SWE|Bo Wirebrand| |3|0|2|| |16i=X |20i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|7|SWE|Conny Samuelsson| |1|1|0|1|0| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|12|SWE|Lillebror Johansson| |0|2||| |10i=E |13i=- |19i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|5|SWE|Bengt Gustavsson| |0|0|1|0|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|3|SWE|Jan Eriksson| |||||| |1i=E |7i=F |11i=F |15i=- |19i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|SWE|Karl-Erik Claesson| |13h=b |13p=0 |16h=w |16p=2 |19h=b |19p=1 |20h=y |20p=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|SWE|Uno Johansson| |15h=b |15p=1 |19h=r |19p=0 }} }}

=== Finland Final === *{{flagicon|FIN}} Eteläpuisto, Tampere *27 August 1979, top 3 to 1980 Nordic final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Total |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| Kai Niemi || 12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Ilkka Teromaa || 9 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|Veijo Tuoriniemi || 9 |- |4 ||align=left| Ari Koponen || 8 |- |5 ||align=left| Seppo Palomaki || 8 |- |6 ||align=left|Olli Turkia || 8 |- |7 ||align=left| Esko Myllari || 8 |- |8 ||align=left|Timo Kiansten || 7 |- |9 ||align=left| Pekka Hautamaki || 6 |- |10 ||align=left| Hannu Lehtonen || 6 |- |11 ||align=left| Heimo Kaikko || 4 |- |12 ||align=left| Markku Haapala || 4 |- |13 ||align=left|Veli Pekka Kunelius || 3 |- |14 ||align=left|Olli Tyrvainen || 3 |- |15 ||align=left| Ismo Kivela || 2 |- |16 ||align=left| Jarmo Puttonen || 0 |- |17 ||align=left| Matti Hyyrylainen (res) || 0 |}

=== Danish Final === *4 May 1980 *{{flagicon|DEN}} Fredericia Speedway Stadium, Fredericia *First 3 to Nordic final (Olsen, Nielsen & Thomsen seeded through) {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|Bo Petersen || 15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Preben Eriksen || 13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|Bent Rasmussen || 12+3 |-align=center |4 ||align=left|Finn Rune Jensen || 12+2 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| Finn Thomsen || 10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|Mike Lohmann || 8 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|Alf Busk || 8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| Jens Henry Nielsen || 7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Lars Vinding || 6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Arne Cruse || 6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Gunnar Hansen || 6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Finn Lundahl || 5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| Steen Mastrup || 5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| Hans Ove Cristiansen || 3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Svend Lund || 3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Gunnar Svendsen || 1 |}

=== Norwegian Final === *18 May 1980 *{{flagicon|NOR}} Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien *First 3 to Nordic final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|Reidar Eide || 14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|Audun Ove Olsen || 13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| Rolf Gramstad || 12+3 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| Dag Haaland || 12+2 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| Trond Helge Skretting || 10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|Terje Tollefsen || 8 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| Sigvart Pedersen || 7 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|Kjell Gimre || 7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Jon Hovind || 6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| Roy Otto || 6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| Jorn Haugvaldstad || 6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Toralf Holen || 6 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| Asgeir Bjerga || 4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| Geir Aasland || 4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Rolf Havirstad || 2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Dagvinn Jorgensen || 2 |}

===Australasian Final=== *2 February 1980 *{{flagicon|NZL}} Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch *First 5 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve *Ivan Mauger seeded to Commonwealth final {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|10|AUS|Billy Sanders| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|1|AUS|John Titman| |3|3|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|16|NZL|Larry Ross| |3|3|3|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|2|NZL|Mitch Shirra| |2|2|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|4|AUS|Phil Crump| |1|2|2|3|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|7|NZL|Tony Briggs| |2|3|1|2|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|6|AUS|Mike Farrell| |3|1|1|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|14|AUS|Phil Herne| |2|0|3|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|3|AUS|Steve Koppe| |0|2|2|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|11|AUS|Glyn Taylor| |2|1|0|2|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|5|AUS|Gleen McDonald| |0|2|2|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|15|NZL|Graeme Stapleton| |1|0|0|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|13|AUS|Keith Wright| |0|1|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|9|NZL|David Bargh| |1|0|1|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|8|NZL|Mike Fullerton| |1|0|0|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|12|NZL|Wayne Brown| |0|1|0|0|0| |x| }} }}

=== British Final === *4 June 1980 *{{flagicon|ENG}} Brandon Stadium, Coventry *First 10 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Heat Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |{{Speedway color|P1}}|1 ||align=left|Dave Jessup ||(3,3,3,3,3)||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |{{Speedway color|P2}}|2 ||align=left| Michael Lee ||(3,3,3,3,2)||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |{{Speedway color|P3}}|3 ||align=left|Phil Collins || (1,2,2,3,3) ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|Peter Collins || (3,3,0,3,1) ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|Gordon Kennett || (2,2,2,2,2) ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|John Louis || (3,1,3,1,1) ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|John Davis || (X,2,1,2,3) ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|Chris Morton || (0,1,1,2,3) ||7 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |9 ||align=left|Melvyn Taylor || (2,1,X,2,2) ||7 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |10 ||align=left| Reg Wilson ||(2,2,1,1,0) ||6+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |11 ||align=left|Bobby Beaton ||(0,1,3,0,2) ||6+2 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| Ian Cartwright ||(1,0,2,1,1) ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| Dave Morton ||(1,3,0,0,0) ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| Kevin Jolly ||(2,0,1,0,1) ||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| Peter Prinsloo ||(2,1,0,1,0) ||4 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| Mike Lanham ||(0,0,0,0,0) ||0 |-align=center |}

== Fourth round == === Continental semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *25 May *{{flagicon|FRG}} Motodrom Halbemond, Norden *Top 8 to Continental final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Jiří Štancl ||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Edward Jancarz ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Petr Ondrašík ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Andrzej Huszcza ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} Egon Müller ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Zenon Plech ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Nikolaj Kornev ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Michail Starostin ||9 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} Waldemar Bacik ||8 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Petr Kucera ||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Roman Jankowski ||5 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Valerij Gordeev ||4 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Jan Hadek ||4 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Jan Verner ||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Ladislav Hradecky ||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Zytun Gafurov ||1 |} |width=50% valign=top| *25 May *{{flagicon|BUL}} Targovishte Speedway Stadium, Targovishte *Top 8 to Continental final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Zdenek Kudrna ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Václav Verner ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Aleš Dryml Sr. ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Jerzy Rembas ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Milan Špinka ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Cusworth ||6 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Wojciech Zabialowicz ||8+3 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} Georg Hack ||8+2 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Henny Kroeze ||8+1 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Herbert Szerecz ||7 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Grigory Khlinovsky ||7 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Sergej Denisov ||6 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Piotr Pyszny ||4 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Walter Grubmüller ||3 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} Frits Koppe ||1 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Marek Ciarnik (res)||0 |} |}

=== Commonwealth Final === *29 June 1980 *{{flagicon|ENG}} Wimbledon Stadium, London *First 9 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|2|ENG|Dave Jessup| |3|2|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|14|ENG|John Louis| |2|3|2|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|3|NZL|Ivan Mauger| |2|3|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|8|ENG|John Davis| |1|2|3|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|9|AUS|Billy Sanders| |3|3|0|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|4|ENG|Chris Morton| |0|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|5|ENG|Michael Lee| |3|2|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|7|NZL|Mitch Shirra| |2|2|1|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|10|ENG|Peter Collins| |1|0|3|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|15|ENG|Gordon Kennett| |3|1|1|1|0| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|1|NZL|Larry Ross| |1|1|1|1|2| |x|E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|12|ENG|Phil Collins| |2|1|0|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|6|AUS|John Titman| |0|1|3|0|| |x| |19i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|11|ENG|Melvyn Taylor| ||0|2|1|0| |x| |3i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|13|AUS|Phil Crump| |1|0|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|16|ENG|Reg Wilson| |0|0|0|0|0| |x| }} }}

=== American Final === *16 November 1979 *{{flagicon|USA}} Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim *First 2 to Intercontinental Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|Bruce Penhall ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| Scott Autrey ||13+3 |-align=center |3 ||align=left|Dennis Sigalos ||13+2 |-align=center |4 ||align=left|Ron Preston ||13+1 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| Shawn Moran ||10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| Gene Woods ||10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| John Cook ||9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| Mike Faria ||7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| Bobby Schwartz ||5 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| Alan Christian ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| Denny Pyeatt ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| Duane Yarrow ||5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| Brad Oxley ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| John Santona ||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Dan McNeill ||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| Kelly Moran ||1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left| Larry Kosta ||0 |-align=center |}

===Nordic Final=== *15 June 1980 *{{flagicon|NOR}} Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien *First 5 to Intercontinental Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Hans Nielsen || 15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Ole Olsen || 14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Finn Thomsen || 13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Bent Rasmussen || 12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} Kai Niemi || 10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} Ila Teromaa || 8 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Bo Petersen || 8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Hans Danielsson || 7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Tommy Johansson || 7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Preben Eriksen || 6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} Rolf Gramstad || 5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Bernt Persson || 5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} Veijo Tyoriniemi || 4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} Audun Ove Olsen || 2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} Reidar Eide || 1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Bengt Jansson || 0 |}

== Fifth round== === Continental Final === *27 July 1980 *{{flagicon|ITA}} Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo *First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|16|POL|Zenon Plech| |3|3|3|3|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|13|CSK|Jiří Štancl| |2|3|3|3|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|7|CSK|Aleš Dryml Sr.| |1|3|2|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|1|FRG|Egon Müller| |3|1|2|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|5|CSK|Petr Ondrašík| |2|2|2|2|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|6|CSK|Václav Verner| |3|1|1|2|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|4|USSR|Mikhail Starostin| |2|2||3| |12i=F |20i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|8|POL|Jerzy Rembas| ||1|3|1|2 |2i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|14|FRG|Georg Hack| |1|2|2||2 |13i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|11|CSK|Milan Špinka| |3|2|0|0|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|10|CSK|Zdeněk Kudrna| ||3|1|1|1 |3i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|2|POL|Andrzej Huszcza| |||3|2|1 |1i=F |6i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|3|FRG|Andy Cusworth| |1|0|1|0|1| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|12|POL|Wojciech Żabiałowicz| |1|0|0|1| |19i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|15|USSR|Nikolay Kornev| |0|1|1|| |16i=E |17i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|9|POL|Edward Jancarz| |||||| |3i=F |5i=- |11i=- |16i=- |18=- }} }}

=== Intercontinental Final === *3 August 1980 *{{flagicon|ENG}} White City Stadium, London *First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|1|ENG|Chris Morton| |2|1|3|3|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|5|USA|Bruce Penhall| |3|3|1|3|2| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|15|AUS|Billy Sanders| |1|3|3|2|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|3|FIN|Kai Niemi| |3|2|2|1|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|16|DEN|Finn Thomsen| |2|2|1|2|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|8|ENG|Dave Jessup| |2|3||3|1 |11i=E}} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|13|ENG|Michael Lee| |3|0|3|1|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|9|ENG|John Davis| |1|2|3|1|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|4|DEN|Hans Nielsen| |1|1||3|3 |12i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|2|ENG|Peter Collins| |0|3|2|2|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|7|DEN|Ole Olsen| |1|1|2|1|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|11|USA|Scott Autrey| |3|0|2|0|1| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|14|NZL|Ivan Mauger| |0|2|1|2|0| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|12|ENG|John Louis| |2|0|0|0|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|6|NZL|Mitch Shirra| |0|1|0|0|0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|10|DEN|Bent Leif Rasmussen| |0|0|||| |12i=X |15i=E |17i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|Gordon Kennett| |17h=y |17p=0 }} }}

==World Final== *5 September 1980 *{{flagicon|SWE}} Ullevi, Gothenburg<ref>Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}</ref> * Referee: ({{flagicon|NOR}}) Torrie Kittlesen * Attendance: 35,000 (approx)

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|9|ENG|Michael Lee| |2|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|10|ENG|Dave Jessup| |3|2|2|2|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|13|AUS|Billy Sanders| |3|1|3|2|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|5|SWE|Jan Andersson| |3|0|2|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|1|USA|Bruce Penhall| |3|2|1|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|2|ENG|John Davis| |2|1|1|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|11|ENG|Peter Collins| |1|3|3|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|12|FIN|Kai Niemi| |0|1|3|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|7|ENG|Chris Morton| |2|1|1|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|14|DEN|Finn Thomsen| |2|3|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|4|DEN|Hans Nielsen| |1|2|0|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|8|CSK|Aleš Dryml Sr.| |0|3|2|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|15|CSK|Jiří Štancl| |1|2|0|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|6|FRG|Egon Muller| |1|0|2||1| |x| |16i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|16|POL|Zenon Plech| ||0|0|1|0| |x| |4i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|3|CSK|Petr Ondrašík| |0|0|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|DEN|Ole Olsen| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|CSK|Václav Verner| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R3|R3|SWE|Hans Danielsson| }} }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Speedway Grand Prix seasons}}

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